Game Preview: Wild vs. Panthers

SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild will hit the ice tonight against the Florida Panthers, seeking another win after freezing out the Red Wings in overtime on Thursday night.

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Info for Tonight's Game:

• When: Saturday, January 24th at 8:00 p.m. CT
• Where: Grand Casino Arena (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
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Wild Record: 29-14-9

Panthers Record: 26-20-3

2024-25 Series Record: 1-1-0

All-Time Wild Record: 21-10-4 (11-3-3 at Grand Casino Arena)

Last Time Out

Last Season on Wild vs. Panthers

Minnesota went 1-1-0 against Florida. Minnesota won the season-opening game, 5-1, in Florida (10/22) and Florida earned a split with a 6-1 win in Saint Paul (12/18).

LW Matt Boldy (1-2=3), LW Kirill Kaprizov (0-3=3) and D Jake Middleton (0-3=3) led the Wild with three points. C Joel Eriksson Ek (1-1=2), C Marco Rossi (2-0=2) and RW Mats Zuccarello (1-1=2) had two points each. G Filip Gustavsson stopped 24-of-25 shots faced to earn a win in the first meeting. G Marc-André Fleury stopped 27-of-33 shots faced in the second game.

D Aaron Ekblad (1-2=3), RW Matthew Tkachuk (2-1=3) and LW Carter Verhaeghe (0-3=3) led Florida with three points. LW Mackie Samoskevich had two points (1-1=2). G Sergei Bobrovsky went 1-1-0 with a 3.60 GAA and a .860 SV% in his two starts.

Wild Leaders Against Panthers

• Zuccarello leads Minnesota with 33 points (16-17=33) in 31 career matches against Florida
• D Zach Bogosian owns 21 points (6- 15=21) in 47 games vs. Florida
• RW Vladimir Tarasenko has 17 points (6-11=17) in 21 games
• LW Marcus Johansson has 16 points (6-10=16) in 34 games
• Kaprizov owns 15 points (5-10=15) in eight games

Panthers Leaders Against Wild

• RW Brad Marchand leads Florida with 20 points (9- 11=20) in 20 games vs. Minnesota
• C Aleksander Barkov has 18 points (4-14=18) in 19 career matches against Minnesota
• Tkachuk (6-7=13, in 21 games) and Ekblad (4-9=13, in 19 games) have 13 points each
• D Seth Jones has 12 points (4-8=12) in 32 games

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On the Mend

Zach Bogosian: lower body (nine games missed)

Matt Boldy: lower body (four games missed)

Jonas Brodin: lower body (five games missed)

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Connections

• C Nico Sturm recorded one point (0-1=1) in 15 games during the 2024-25 season with Florida and skated in eight postseason games to hep the Panthers win the 2025 Stanley Cup
• Tarasenko recorded 14 points (6-8-14) in 19 games with Florida during the 2023-24 season as well nine points (5-4=9) in 24 postseason games to help the Panthers win the 2024 Stanley Cup
• F Vinnie Hinostroza skated in nine games for Florida during the 2020-21 season
• Minnesota Assistant Coach Jack Capuano worked as Associate Coach with Florida for two seasons (2017-19)
• Panthers D Dmitry Kulikov collected 24 points (7-17=24) in 80 games with Minnesota in 2020-21

Fast Facts

• Minnesota has a earned a point in 14 of the 17 all-time meetings in Saint Paul (11-3-3)
• The Wild’s 21 all-time wins against the Panthers are its sixth-most against an Eastern Conference opponent

For more information on today's matchup, check out the game notes below.